| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 10 June 1988 |
| Laid down: | 6 May 1991 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 24 February 1995 |
| Fate: | Active, in commission |
| Homeport: | Groton, Connecticut |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6000 tons light, 6927 tons full, 927 tons dead |
| Length: | 110.3 meters (362 feet) |
| Beam: | 10 meters (33 feet) |
| Draft: | 9.4 meters (31 feet) |
| Propulsion: | one S6G reactor |
| Complement: | 12 officers, 98 men |
USS Toledo (SSN-769), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Toledo, Ohio. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 10 June 1988 and her keel was laid down on 6 May 1991. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 28 August 1993 sponsored by Mrs. Sabra Smith, and commissionedThe ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. Ship naming and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity. Yet, just as many developmental mileston on 24 February 1995, with Commander Jack Loye III in command.
at least ten years of history go here
See USS Toledo for other ships of the same name.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various press releases.